You spend your hours where other people would rather not look: beside pain, beside fear, beside the dying, often when the world is asleep. It is holy work, and it is tiring work. These verses are for the nurse who has poured out and needs filling again.
What God says over nurses
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
When compassion runs thin, you have not lost your reward; keep going.
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
The invitation for the weary is spoken directly to you.
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”
Jesus Himself came not to be served but to serve; you follow Him closely.
Where this all leads
Jesus touched the leper, stopped for the bleeding woman, and wept at a graveside. The Great Physician is not distant from a hospital; He is at home there. When you have nothing left to give, He is the One who healed and who still heals, and He offers to carry you as you carry others.
Lord Jesus, You see the ones I care for and You see me. Give me steady hands, a kind voice, and strength that is not my own. Where I cannot heal, let me comfort. Where I am empty, fill me. Carry me through this shift, and let those in my care feel Your mercy through mine. Amen.
You were never meant to walk this alone
The family here will pray with you, and you can hear how Christ has met others in the same place.
Isaiah 40:31 and Galatians 6:9 are treasured by nurses: God renews the strength of those who wait on Him, and promises that those who keep doing good will reap in due season.
Does the Bible say anything about caring for the sick?
Yes. In Matthew 25:40 Jesus says that caring for the sick is received by Him as done to Him, and throughout the Gospels He heals and shows compassion to the suffering.